Hello, I have taken a long break from the bushcraft forums the last couple of years due to generally being to busy and also concentrating more on my woodland indian crafts.
One thing I have done during my break is teach myself How to brain tan leather. This came about due to me finding deerskins very difficult to source in the UK so I decided to make sure i had good materials by making the materials myself. I mostly use red deer hides but have also tanned roe and fallow deer but found the roe deer to light for what i tend to make and fallow deer are not as readily available to me. These are 2 hides i have recently tanned taking advantage of some decent weather for a change. I tend to use pork brains as these are readily available to me.
10.5 sq ft
8.5 sq ft.
As i mentioned before i produce this leather to use in my woodland Indian crafts and over the last couple of years have been learning quite a few different techniques including quillwork, earth pigment painting, twining and false embroidery
One thing I have done during my break is teach myself How to brain tan leather. This came about due to me finding deerskins very difficult to source in the UK so I decided to make sure i had good materials by making the materials myself. I mostly use red deer hides but have also tanned roe and fallow deer but found the roe deer to light for what i tend to make and fallow deer are not as readily available to me. These are 2 hides i have recently tanned taking advantage of some decent weather for a change. I tend to use pork brains as these are readily available to me.
10.5 sq ft
8.5 sq ft.
As i mentioned before i produce this leather to use in my woodland Indian crafts and over the last couple of years have been learning quite a few different techniques including quillwork, earth pigment painting, twining and false embroidery
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